Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
29 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Person who rejects violence as a means of settling disputes
|
pacifist
|
|
|
theory that attempts to explain a set of facts
|
hypothesis
|
|
|
people who transform base metals into precious metals
|
alchemists
|
|
|
oval paths in which the earth and other planets move around the sun
|
ellipses
|
|
|
basis of relationship between government and individuals
|
social contract
|
|
|
form of government advocated by Thomas Hobbes
|
absolute monarchy
|
|
|
universal moral law that philosophers believed could be known through reason
|
natural law
|
|
|
religious philosophy based on reason
|
deism
|
|
|
powerful rulers who tried to apply political ideas of Enlightenment
|
Enlightened Despots
|
|
|
fundamental biological units, discovered by Robert Hooke
|
cells
|
|
|
artistic movements that adopted Greek and Roman ideals
|
Classicism
|
|
|
gatherings that fostered the development of art, literature, and politics
|
salons
|
|
|
system of mathematics developed by Isaac newton that calculates changing forces or quantities
|
calculous
|
|
|
philosophy that deals with the spiritual and eternal realms
|
metaphysics
|
|
|
artistic movement that celebrated emotion and the individual
|
Romanticism
|
|
|
What are the steps of the scientific method?
|
observe, form hypothesis, experiment, prove hypothesis
|
|
|
who invented calculous?
|
Isaac Newton
|
|
|
who contributed to the study of oxygen?
|
Joseph Priestley, Antoine Lavoisier
|
|
|
What did William Penn do?
|
wanted world peace, made assembly of nations committed to this, United Nations and League of Nations
|
|
|
Who were opponents of Enlightenment?
|
Jean Jacques Rousseu, Immanuel Kant, John Wesley
|
|
|
What did Kepler use to prove Copernicus's theories?
|
mathematics
|
|
|
what are Enlightenment thinkers called?
|
philosophes
|
|
|
T or F the sun is the center of the universe
|
False
|
|
|
What were Hobbes' thinkings on human life?
|
life is nasty, brutish and short, chaos, humans are wicked
|
|
|
What rights did Locke's views give people?
|
natural rights to life, liberty, and property
|
|
|
What were Copernicus's theories?
|
The sun is the center of the universe, the earth rotates around it, and the earth is round
|
|
|
What did Francis Bacon do?
|
helped develop scientific method
|
|
|
What were Copernicus's theories?
|
The sun is the center of the universe, the earth rotates around it, and the earth is round
|
|
|
What did Francis Bacon do?
|
helped develop scientific method
|
